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“Bull Durham,” starring Tim Robbins and Kevin Costner. (MGM/TNS)
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Great baseball movies and books in honor of MLB All-Star Week

Arts critic Moira Macdonald recommends a handful of movies and books that celebrate the game and art of baseball. WATCH

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Harrison Ford in “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.” (Lucasfilm Ltd./Disney/TNS)
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Here is what our reviewer thought of the new ‘Indiana Jones’ movie WATCH

Jeff Church, Rebecca Cort, Jessica Ziegelbauer and Lauren Engstrom in “The Hello Girls” at Taproot Theatre.
Theater

Taproot Theatre takes on story of American women who helped win WWI

“The Shadow Sister” by Lily Meade
Books

Tacoma author blends fantasy into contemporary debut young adult novel

Myra Platt and Jane Jones, Book-It.
Theater

Seattle’s Book-It Repertory Theatre to close after 33 years

Books

FILE – Michael Vickers, then Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations/Low-Intensity Conflict & Interdependent Capabilities, speaks with The Associated Press during an interview at the Pentagon, Nov. 16, 2007. One of the architects of the covert U.S. strategy against the Soviets in Afghanistan has published a new memoir. In “By All Means Available,” Michael Vickers calls on President Joe Biden’s administration to increase its support for Ukraine’s resistance against Russia.(AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari, File) WX201 WX201

He was the CIA whiz kid in ‘Charlie Wilson’s War.’ His new book offers advice for the US in Ukraine

Great reads

An interactive guide to best books from the past few years

Movies

“Bull Durham,” starring Tim Robbins and Kevin Costner. (MGM/TNS)

Great baseball movies and books in honor of MLB All-Star Week WATCH

Music & Nightlife

What to stream this week: Taylor Swift, a new animated ‘Superman,’ ‘Biosphere’ and ‘Wham!’

This week’s new entertainment releases include Taylor Swift's rerecording of her “Speak Now,” a documentary on Wham and more.

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What to stream this week: Taylor Swift, a new animated ‘Superman,’ ‘Biosphere’ and ‘Wham!’

This week’s new entertainment releases include Taylor Swift's rerecording of her “Speak Now,” a documentary on Wham and more.

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THING Festival (Michael Rietmulder)

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Fall Arts Guide

The most exciting concerts, shows, movies and more in the Seattle area in fall 2022

Classical Music

THING Festival (Michael Rietmulder)

8 PNW road trips for music and arts lovers

Visual Arts

A mural of Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Mookie Betts is one of eight murals of MLB players and eight murals of local fans recently installed in downtown Seattle ahead of the 2023 MLB All-Star Game. (Luke Johnson / The Seattle Times)

The story behind Seattle monorail pillars’ MLB All-Star murals

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Folk singer Woody Guthrie wrote “Roll On, Columbia, Roll On” about the Columbia River (this is the Grand Coulee Dam on the river in Eastern Washington), and it was approved as the official Washington state folk song in 1987. (Alan Berner / The Seattle Times, 2008)

The stories behind Washington’s official state symbols

Dance

Other dancers watch as Sofiya Kostareva performs at the base of a fire escape staircase within the Inscape building. 224014

In Seattle’s former INS building, a dance on immigration takes shape VIEW